Jason Victor Serinus

High End Munich Sneak Peek (Video)
Munich 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 11, 2024  |  0 comments
When Jason Victor Serinus arrived at High End Munich 2024, he found that scale and scope of the show to be truly impressive, as you'd expect from the world's largest two-channel audio expo.

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Daryl Wilson (re)introduces the re-envisioned WATT/Puppy (Video)
Munich 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 10, 2024  |  0 comments
Mansour Mamaghani’s Audio Reference, one of Munich’s top high-end showrooms, again filled a massive exhibit space in the MOC with multiple display areas dedicated to major brands.
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May 2024 Classical Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  May 09, 2024  |  0 comments
Takács Assad Labro: Pieces for bandoneón, string quartet, piano, and voice; Smetana: Má vlast; Tchaikovsky, Korngold: Souvenir de Florence, String Sextet.
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The Sound Organisation presents Rega, Chord, and ProAc with HRS
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 08, 2024  |  0 comments
What a nice little system. The LP version of Paul Simon’s “Something So Right” sounded exactly that on TSO’s system, with an exceptionally smooth midrange and lovely bloom to the sound.
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Zellaton and LTA with anything but grim Grimm Audio and Great Music
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 08, 2024  |  0 comments
What a perfect way to say goodbye AXPONA 2024. In a simple system consisting of Zellaton Emotion Evo speakers ($44,750/pair), LTA Ultralinear amplification ($7000), and a Grimm Audio MU2 ($17,500) serving as preamp and streaming DAC with a Roon core and analog volume control, we began with a 16/44.1 mastering of Janis Ian’s “Guess You Had to Be There.” Given my age, I expect I was.
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High Water Sound Earns High Marks with TW-Acustic, Fuuga, Cessaro, Alieno, Dalby, Stein, ADD-Powr and more
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 07, 2024  |  0 comments
When everything arrives intact and Jeffrey Catalano has the time to create a set-up as stunning visually as it was aurally, High Water Sound’s systems invariably earn accolades as a Best of Show. This one certainly won my vote, as well as my applause and heart.
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Linn Klimax Solo 800 monoblock power amplifier
Audacious AudioSolid State Power Amp Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 06, 2024  |  21 comments
For reasons that have as much to do with why the creek does or doesn't rise as anything, almost all the UK-manufactured electronics I've reviewed over the years were from dCS of Cambridge. Through 2023, no electronics from Linn or a host of other UK-based companies have crossed the threshold of my music room.

That situation changed when, soon after New Year's, a pair of Linn's 60lb Klimax Solo 800 monoblock amplifiers ($90,000/pair) arrived from Scotland. Right away, they delighted me with their ease of maneuverability, handsome, uncluttered look, and relative compactness. Given their impressive power output—400W into 8 ohms, 800W into 4 ohms, and a whopping 1.2kW into 2 ohms—the Klimax Solo 800s set a record for highest price per watt and per pound among class-AB monoblocks I've reviewed.

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Linn, Linn, and did I say Linn?
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 05, 2024  |  4 comments
It was great to finally meet Joe Rodger, a member of the young Linn team with whom I coordinated my review of Linn Klimax Solo 800 monoblocks ($90,000/pair) that appears in the May 2024 issue
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JMF Audio, Ideon Audio, Stenheim, and ictra design
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 05, 2024  |  0 comments
Audio Skies and Fidelis AV teamed up to present some of my favorite emerging stars of the Audio Highlands. It was a joy to re-experience some of the special sound I heard in my music room when I reviewed JMF Audio monoblocks.
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Mon Acoustic speakers, Accuphase, Metronome, TAOC, and more
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 05, 2024  |  0 comments
In room 1126, I encountered one of many marriages of convenience between brands and distributors that prove to be matches made in audiophile heaven. In this case, it was the union of new Mon Acoustic PlatiMON VC One bookshelf speakers ($6000/pair) on top, joined by jumpers to the PlatiMON VC Two bass module ($11,000/pair), mated with components from AXISS Audio distributors and other companies.
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